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Recently, due to the complicated affairs at home, I have not been able to calm down to read, so I have not been able to share with you on time, and I apologize to my friends who have paid attention to me.
The book "Victory" has been in my bookcase for some years, and I have not had much interest in reading it. I wanted to take the opportunity to go to a foreign country for a temporary guest to bring a flip this time, but I didn't expect to be deeply attracted by its profound content...
This article is about its first volume.
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<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > author profile</h1>
Chakovsky, whose full name is Alexander Borisovich Chakovsky, worked as a war correspondent during the Great Patriotic War in the Soviet Union, and later served as the editor-in-chief of Foreign Literature and Literature Newspaper, the secretary of the Secretariat of the Writers' Association, and an alternate member of the Central Committee of the CPSU, and in 1973 he was awarded the Hero of Socialist Labor of the Soviet Union. Chakovsky has a wealth of life experience and political and diplomatic experience, the style and positioning of his works are known for their plain narratives, in-depth analysis of war and international themes, at the age of 24 began to publish works, a lifetime of hard work, at the age of 76 there are still works of international themes.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" >What book is Victory? </h1>
It is a three-volume documentary novel, the content of the Potsdam Conference after the end of World War II, which had an extremely significant and far-reaching impact on Europe and the world pattern as the background, through the perspective of the fictional diplomatic journalist Voronov, detailed and dissected the three major powers of the United States, Britain and the Soviet Union, as well as Roosevelt, Truman, Churchill, Stalin and many other heads of state and important politicians, in the World War II period and after the war in Europe and even the world political structure and many other aspects of the planning process, after a long period of open and cover, intrigue, power competition In order to delineate their respective spheres of influence and win the real process of global hegemony, it can also be seen that the two camps of the Chinese Communist Party have great differences in judging the situation, historical positioning, ideology and other aspects, and it is also clear why today...
As a loyal Bolshevik, from the perspective of the Soviet Union, the author naturally resented some of the ideas, words and deeds of American and British imperialism and the consequences caused by it, and made extremely critical remarks. In the first book, which read less than 200 pages, there are two sentences that make me unforgettable and trembling: First, history has doomed the collapse of the British Empire. Second, when the President of the United States traveled to distant Germany, he did not hold an olive branch in his hand.
< H1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > the position of the Big Three</h1>
1. Churchill. As a veteran hegemon in Europe and even the world, and at the same time a major participant in the Second World War, the British Prime Minister Churchill's every thought, word and deed will undoubtedly have an extremely far-reaching and significant impact on the world's joint resistance to fascism. But in fact, what kind of trouble did this Uncle Qiu do?
First, "In Churchill's eyes, the people were never the driving force of history ... Throughout his life, he believed that only heroes, only leaders who rode above the people, could make history. It was precisely because of this that he disregarded the safety of the people for the sake of certain interests of his country and even himself, planned to launch the Warsaw Uprising, abandoned Coventry, and used the lives of thousands of ordinary people to meet the fierce fire and indiscriminate bombardment of the fascists!
Second, "every time he loses, he blames someone else." Like his crime of Coventry, "he has reason to refute any rebuke ... On major ZZ issues, or in major wars, any means are reasonable in order to achieve an end. ”
Third, Churchill, who "successfully delayed the deadline for the Allied landings in Normandy," did not convey to Stalin how britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union united to strive to maintain long-term peace in Europe and the world, "but Stalin and the Soviet Union HJ became his main enemies", because "once the defeat of Germany is really the Soviet Union, Britain may not be able to determine the territory of the European countries according to its own will, and if necessary, Churchill is willing to share the leadership of Europe with the Americans." ”
2. Truman. If Churchill was born into the nobility, then Truman was a penniless common man before he became president or entered politics, and although he fought in World War I, he did not fulfill his infant aspirations of "military might." Later, in front of the counter of the shop where he made a living, Pendergerst's headless question "Do you want to be a district court judge" rewrote his fate, and gradually entered the political arena until he reached the peak of state power! Because, "in the society in which he lived, money was indeed omnipotent." Whoever has money, no matter what he does, can be forgiven. Only the power of money is recognized and worshipped."
We all know that, first, in the early stages of World War II, the United States was not the main participant in the country, and it also took advantage of this opportunity to rapidly develop the economic strength of the United States, especially the military strength. Second, the main battlefield of World War II was in Europe, far away from the United States. When Churchill co-opted the United States to jointly "seek" European peace and counterbalance against the Soviet Union, Roosevelt and Truman began to hesitate. It's not that they don't want to covet Suou, but they've been waiting for the best time, and that is the success of the experiment of the so-called "super explosives" that have been secretly studied! So when Truman walked into Potsdam, "he was not holding an olive branch in his hand," because he thought, "From now on, he, Truman, is the master of the world." ”
3. Stalin. Unlike Churchill and Truman, who arrived in Potsdam, Germany, by plane and held a grand and grand welcome ceremony on the spot, Stalin set off from Moscow on a special train and refused to hold any form of welcoming ceremony. For he knew that "on a considerable part of the territory of the USSR, that is, on those territories that have been ruthlessly ravaged by war ... Everything has been destroyed, blown up, collapsed, submerged."
As he watched during his journey "dozens, hundreds of pairs of children's little hands reaching into the carriages of the train, and you grabbed the thrown bread, dried cans and sugar cubes," Stalin wondered, if people knew who was sitting on the train, "what would they ask him?" How do you live in the future? Will there be bread? Will there be a house? When will there be?! ......”
As he passed through Smolensk, Stalin knew, "The name is associated with a protracted and vicious war." How many Soviet soldiers have died heroically here, but never surrendered."
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > about the Potsdam Conference</h1>
It can be seen that the summit of the big three in that year was not only a matter of concern, but even the main purpose of sitting down and talking was not consistent. It is no wonder that in the last chapter of the first volume, in the face of the overwhelming public opinion offensive issued by the British and American media, the author expressed a strong sense of resentment to them in a long paragraph. My excerpt reads as follows:
"What did they want us to do at the time?" Do you want us to bury the bodies, dedicate Berlin and Eastern Europe to the Allies, and then withdraw our own troops and leave? Betraying those who can never be resurrected? Forget why millions of Soviets died in tanks on fire under the rain of bullets, why they were crushed to pieces by shells and bombs, and died in the crematoriums of Auschwitz and Medannik. ...... Clear the way for those cowards, defectors, and anti-Soviet elements who formed an alliance with Hitler and instigated Hitler to attack the Soviet Union, allowing them to ride on the heads of their own people again, and without waiting for these countries and peoples to express their opinions, they will decide for themselves how to live in the future and withdraw their troops. ”